Today
I want to show you the secondTwist it blouse that I made during the pattern
test for schneidernmeistern. I think I mentioned already that mustard
yellow is one of my favorite colors, especially during winter so when
I saw that Stoff & Co in Munich now sells Atellier Brunette
fabrics and that this one with the beautiful Origami birds even is
140cm wide, I just had to have it. I actually bought this together
with Monika from schneidernmeistern. She and her family were in
Bavaria to visit some friends and family and we managed to meet one
afternoon. We had a really nice afternoon with a lot of talking and
laughing, some fabric shopping, coffee, cake etc. Pretty perfect ;)

Mittwoch, 26. November 2014

Finally I can show you two further garments that I sewed during Abilmente. While organising the giveaway for the fair, I also was in contact with Nosh. As you know they gave away three fabric bundles (for girls, boys and women), but they also offered me some fabric to sew something at Abilmente. I chose Click and the corresponding stripes (not available anymore) and chose to sew two sweaters for my daughter R and her very best friend S.

Have you heard
of Sew Geeky? Pretty much one of the coolest blog series ever. The
25th of each month several geeks get virtually together to sew
something to a geeky theme. There was Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, Marvel vs DC .. The whole
thing is brainwork of Ari from Max California and Kat from Sew Chibi which I'm sure you all know or if not you probably live behind the
moon and aren't interested in any things geeky, right? Well if you
still are these are your go to blogs. You can find anything crazy,
special, different there, mixed with some to the heart writing. I
also interviewed Ari for my Sew Fantastic Blogs Series.

Freitag, 21. November 2014

Renee from Nearest the Pin and Jenya from While she was sleeping had the idea for a fun
new blog series. It is called „Constant: Change“. As women and
mothers our life changes constantly. Family, our marriage, work,
kindergarten etc. I just have to look at my little son: As soon as I
understand that the sound „tractor“ doesn't only mean tractor,
but also „yoghurt“, he starts to say the right word... Well, the
series is about us embracing change in our life and doing so with
some sewing.

Mittwoch, 19. November 2014

Last weekend I was
in Hamburg in northern Germany for Blogst, the german blogger
conference. After reading about so many international conferences
(especially american ones), I was really curious what it would be
like to take part in a german one. I went there together with my
good friend and neighbour Miriam. How much fun is it if you can do
all this together with a very good friend? I was really glad that we
were going there together. I'm mostly in contact with bloggers from
other countries and only with a handful german-speaking ones of which
none could come to the conference (the 200 tickets were sold within
seconds!!!). However, with Miri at my side I was sure that I'd have a
lot of fun and I sure did.

I didn't hesitate very long when Monika from schneidernmeistern called for testers for her new blouse pattern, "twist it" even though the testing was right before Abilmente. At first sight you might think that this is just a "normal" loose-fitting blouse. Well, it definitely is not. There is only one "real" pattern piece (besides the facing and sleeve band). Both the front, the sleeve and the back are all in one piece. And the blouse can be "twisted" or rather turned. There isn't a real "front". You can wear it either way round.

Dienstag, 11. November 2014

Already in July one of my best friends, Dea, had her second child, a boy. Dea and I met already when we were 10 years old at the first day of "Gymnasium" (i.e. more or less middle and high school). Later Dea told me what she thought when she saw me for the first time. I was sitting next to another girl and Dea thought "Oh, she seems so nice, but as I'm not very lucky, I'll most likely become friends with the other girl!"

Mittwoch, 5. November 2014

Last week I showed you already the Lotta dress that I sewed for Marte's daughter Nore during Abilmente. Of course I couldn't only sew a dress for Nore. Wouldn't be fair if I left one of the twins without a dress, right? I sewed a Louisa dress for Lisa. The pattern includes many different variations for the back. Due to the circumstances at the fair (sewing for some minutes here and there, not so easy to concentrate), I chose the most basic version. As I mentioned already last week, Marte brought some fabric combinations with her to the fair and we then decided together which one I was going to sew.

Dienstag, 4. November 2014

I do love me some
colour – and so do my kids. Thus, I sewed two shirts for them that play with the color-blocking trend. Well, is it still a trend?
Many people might already be over it, but I still like it!